SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior
Marianne Jodoin extended her singles record as a Blue Devil to a perfect 10-0 to
lead Duke women’s tennis team past No. 18 Notre Dame, 5-2, Sunday at the Eck
Tennis Center in South Bend, Ind. The Blue Devils won their ninth doubles point
of the season after the 27th-ranked duo of Ester Goldfeld and Hanna
Mar sealed their match, 8-5, to extend Duke's record to 9-2 on the season,
including a 5-2 tally against teams ranked in the top-25 of the latest
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.

The doubles point has been crucial for Duke this season, as
the Blue Devils have tallied an undefeated record in matches in which they earn
the point. In the third position, the duo of Jodoin and Monica Turewicz quickly
dispatched of Quinn Gleason and Katherine White, 8-4, while senior Mary Clayton
and sophomore Annie Mulholland had trouble with No. 38 Julie Sabacinski and
Britney Sanders on court two, dropping the match, 8-5, to send all attention to
court one, where Goldfeld and Mar traded games early with Notre Dame’s Jennifer
Kellner and Chrissie McGaffigan to give Duke a 6-5 lead. After breaking serve,
the Blue Devils were able to take a 7-5 edge, and held serve to clinch the match
and the doubles point for Duke.

In singles play, 13th-ranked Mar broke serve late
in the first set to lead her to a 6-4 win over Kellner on court two, and carried
that momentum to sweep the second set, 6-0, to give Duke a 2-0 edge in the
match.

On court one, No. 38 Goldfeld dropped the first set, 6-4, to
42nd-ranked Sanders but responded to win the second set, 6-3, to
push the match into a third and decisive set for her second consecutive match.
On Friday against No. 13 Michigan, Goldfeld fell behind early in the third set
and despite a great comeback, could not overcome 33rd-ranked Ronit
Yurovsky, sealing the match for the Wolverines. Against Notre Dame Sunday,
Goldfeld learned from her mistake as she overwhelmed Sanders in the third set,
6-0 to give Duke a 3-0 lead.

Jodoin, a native of Varennes, Quebec, claimed her 10th
singles win of the dual season after dispatching of Katherine White, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Jodoin has yet to lose a singles match in her Blue Devil dual match career, after
transferring from Fresno State when she garnered Western Athletic Conference
(WAC) Player of the Year twice, as well as WAC Freshman of the Year honors.

Clayton, ranked No. 62 in the latest ITA poll, responded to
her loss in doubles by claiming the first set 6-0 over Gleason on court three
but was unable to maintain her momentum, eventually falling, 6-0, 6-7, 6-7. In the fifth position, Mulholland fell behind
2-1 early in the opening set against Molly O’Koniewski, but reeled off four
consecutive games to take a 5-2 lead. Mulholland closed out the first set, 6-3,
before
dropping the second set, 7-6. In a third-set tiebreaker, Mulholland topped O’Koniewski,
10-3 to seal the match.

In the fourth position, Turewicz took the first and second
set to a tiebreaker against McGaffigan, dropping the first set, 7-6, before
winning the second, 7-6, to extend the match to a third set tiebreaker, where
Turewicz retired due to injury.

Duke will next take to the courts as it travels to Las
Vegas, Nev., to face Indiana, Friday, March. 15 at 11 a.m.